Frank Matcham ( Eng. Frank Matcham ; November 22, 1854 - May 18, 1920 ) [4] - English architect and designer. Known mainly as the builder of many theaters in the UK.
| Frank Matham | |
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| English Frank matcham | |
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| Basic information | |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Newton abbot |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Essex |
| Work and Achievements | |
| Worked in the cities | London , Liverpool , Newcastle upon Tyne , Portsmouth , Glasgow , Belfast |
| The most important buildings | , and |
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Biography
On November 22, 1854, in the city of Newton Abbot , Devon , Frank Matchem was born. His father was the manager of a brewery located in Torquay . Here, Frank went to Babbacombe School from birth. In 1868, Matham began to study with a local surveyor and architect, George Sondon Bridgman. In the mid-1870s, Frank moved to London and began working under the direction of Jethro Robinson, the theater architect of the Lord Kamerger office. In 1877, Matham married Robinson's youngest daughter, Effie, and, at the age of 24, led the practice of architecture. In June 1879, the Elephant and Castle Theater opened - Frank's first solo project [5] . Between 1890 and 1915, Matham, Bertie Crew and W.H. R.R. Sprague designed more than two hundred theaters and many British palaces. Frank Matham died of blood poisoning in 1920 [4] .
Memory
On November 22, 2007, a blue plaque was installed on the site of Matchem’s house [6] .
Architectural Gallery
The Hackney Empire in August 2005
Blackpool Opera House (1889)
Grand Theater, Blackpool (1894)
Grand Opera House, Belfast (1895)
Blackpool Tower Ballroom (1897-1898)
Richmond Theater, Richmond, London (1899)
County Arcade, Leeds (1900)
County Arcade, Leeds (1900)
County Arcade, Leeds (1900)
London Hippodrome (1900)
Gaiety Theater, Douglas, Isle of Man (1900)
Brighton Hippodrome (1901-1902)
Buxton Opera House (1903)
Shepherd's Bush Empire (1903)
London Coliseum (London Coliseum, 1904)
The King 'Theater, Glasgow (1904)
His Majesty's Theater, Aberdeen (1906)
The London Palladium (1910)
Victoria Palace Theater, London (1911)
Bristol Hippodrome Auditorium (1912)
Bristol Hippodrome Auditorium Dome (1912)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ European Theater Architecture - Arts and Theater Institute .
- ↑ 1 2 Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ↑ 1 2 FRANK MATCHAM BIOGRAPHY (inaccessible link) . Buxton Opera House. Date of treatment July 14, 2016. Archived on August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Frank Matcham Society . Date of treatment July 14, 2016.
- ↑ "MATCHAM, FRANK (1854-1920)" (eng.) . English Heritage. Date of treatment July 14, 2016.
Literature
- Frank Matcham; Theater Architect / Ed. Brian Walker - Belfast, 1980.
- Frank Matcham & Co / Ed. David Wilmore. - Dacre, 2008.